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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-0ABC5B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A blank silver coin that has been folded twice for use as a love token. The diameter of the coin, along with the style of folding, suggests this is a sixpence of William III (AD 1694-1702).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1694
Date to: Exactly AD 1702
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.61 g
Diameter: 20.28 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: William III of England
Category: Modern
Type: Sixpence: William III (S 3520 - 3548)
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Illegible
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Holland (District)
Parish or ward: Gosberton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF2431
Four figure Latitude: 52.86221044
Four figure longitude: -0.15956826
1:25K map: TF2431
1:10K map: TF23SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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